Case studies

CHT Systems - Winner Of CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles Award 2003 For Best Home Theatre: Under $70,000 (2/2/2004)

Essay

From the first meeting with the client, he knew he wanted a pirate ship media room. He had already secured the 19th century ships wheel and purchased port-hole windows from a shipping supply yard. We actually built the side wall out where the front windows were so we could frame in the port-hole windows looking outside. From the front you see plate glass, from inside you see port-hole window with the view. The entire bar is washed in a teak wood stain giving it that old ship decking look and all of the hardware is all brass boating hardware. From the center of the room the ceiling was painted to resemble the sky of an open bow ship, the front of the stage was framed to resemble the bow of the ship as it would stick out in front. The entire bow was made from real discarded ship planks. The screen wall is covered in a sailing rope, layered vertically to fill the entire wall. Another neat feature is the door. It is one of these heavy brass and wood doors that actually locks tight. It took the framer a bit to set the door, but eventually it was set and you can spin the locking wheel to actually close the door and lock it. We had an attic space behind the screen. In order not to take away from the open bow appearance, we installed a rear projection system, housing the projector inside of a boxed room in the attic.

Equipment List

JVC DlA-S15U Projector
Draper RPS 120-4x3
DVDO PRO line Doubler
Panasonic DVD-RP31
B&K Reference 200 Mono Channel Amplifier
B&K AVR 307 Dolby Digital /DTS Receiver
CHT Custom Built Speakers
CHT Custom Built Subwoofer
JVC HRS3900 S-Video VCR
RCA DTV-100 HD DSS Receiver
Middle Atlantic Slim 5-43 Rack
AMX Cinema Package with Viewpoint wireless T.S.
Lutron GRX-MR-6- T GRAFIK eye
50ft Canare High Resolution RGBHV Cable
Miscellaneous lighting Cans and Boating hardware
Miscellaneous Hardware and Cables

Time And Expertise Worksheet

Task	Hours
Client Interviews Electronic Design and Engineering Proposal and System Documentation Preparation Project Management Pre-wire/Rough-in Trim-out Shop time for Racking and Testing Programming Final Installation and Calibration Client Instruction Interior Design and/or Architecture by your Company Interior Design and/or Architecture by Others Project Management by Others Other time (Describe):	8 16 6 10 10 6 12 15 40 3 30 48 N/A N/A
Total Hours to Complete	204

This case study appears courtesy of CEDIA and CHT Systems.

CHT Systems is a forward-thinking company, that delivers effective results in the field of high-end entertainment systems, and is based in Dallas, Texas, USA.

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